Coop assembling machine



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Patented June 12, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COOP ASSEMBLIN G MACHINE Ose F. "Carpenter, Brightwood, Va.

Application October 19, 1948, Serial No. 55,378

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a machine for use in assembling shipping crates for fowl.

In the construction of shipping crates for fowl, the crates are formed of dowels extending through intermediate rails or bars and seated at their outer in sockets formed in outer bars or rails. In the process of assembly, the dowels are manually inserted into the holes of the intermediate bar or bars, and heretofore the outer bars were also manually mounted on the dowels. The manual placement of the outer bars on the dowels required extreme efficiency in order to maintain production schedules and was a limiting factor in the production schedule of a workman.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a machine which will speed up the assembly of the crate and permit such assembly by unskilled workmen.

Another object of this invention is to provide 5.

an assembly machine for crates of this kind embodying progressively operable parts and a single control means for setting such parts into timed operation.

A further object of this invention is to provide an assembly machine of this kind wherein the movable parts are fluid operated, the fluid being either air or liquid derived from a common supply source.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a crate assembling machine constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation, partly broken away and in section, of the machine, I

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevation of the device,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line l& of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 1,

Figure 6 is a. fragmentary exploded view showing the dowel clamping means,

Figure '7 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the dowel positioning means at the rear of the machine,

Figure 8 is a plan view of a modified form of this invention,

Figure 9 is a detail side elevation, partly broken away, of the machine shown in Figure 8,

Figure is a detail front elevation of the machine shown. in Figures 8 and 9.

Referring to the drawings and first to Figures 1 to '7 inclusive, the numeral l5 designates generally a frame structure embodying front and rear pairs of upright legs I 6 and IT respectively, which are connected together at their lower ends by connecting bars 18 and are connected together at their upper ends by angle bars Ill. The end bars are connected together by one or more connecting bars 20, as shown in Figure 3, and at the rear the longitudinal angle bars l9 have fixed therehetween an angle bar 2! having one side 22 thereof horizontal and projecting forwardly and the other side 23 thereof vertical. A facing or filler bar 2G engages the forward side of the up right side 23 of the angle bar 2! and the filler bar 25 is formed at the opposite ends thereof with returned portions 25 engaging about the opposite ends of the upright side 23.

The frame structure 15 has mounted on the upper end thereof a stationary dowel clamping frame structure generally designated as 26 which includes longitudinal end bars 2! which have fixed between the ends thereof a transverse bar 28 which is fixed as at 29 to the upper sides of the longitudinal angle bars l9. A pair of inner longitudinal bars 39 are disposed inwardly from the bars I 3 and are formed at their forward ends with hook-shaped guide members 3|. The forward ends of the end bars 21 are also formed with hook-shaped guide means 32.

The longitudinal bars 21 and 30 have fixed thereto a forward dowel clamping bar 33 secured to the bars Zl and 3!! by fastening means 34 and 35 respectively. The stationary dowel clamping bars 33 are formed of a horizontal lower side .36

and a vertical forward side 31. The vertical side 3'! is formed with a cutout 38 having a straight vertical side 39 at one end thereof and a curve cpnosite end 1! as shown in Figure 6 The stationary bars 21 and 30 also have fixed thereto a rear dowel clamping bar M which is similar to the forward clamping bar 33, being fixed to the bars 2'! and 30 as by welding or other suitable fastening means. A laterally shiftable forward dowel clamping bar 42 is disposed with the horizontal side 43 thereof engaging the guide members 3! and 32, and with the vertical side 44 thereof confronting the vertical side 3'! of the stationary bar 33.

The slide bar 42 is formed with notches or cutouts 4'! similar to the cutouts 3B, reversed with respect to the cutouts 38 so that the straight vertical end 48 will be disposed adjacent the curved end portion. of the cutout 33 and at the opposite end the cutout d? is formed with a curved portion 45. When the slide bar 62 is shifted laterally or to the right which is the clamping position of the bar 62, the curved portion 49 will confront the curved portion 48 of the bar 33 and will clamp a dowel in the curved portions 4|) and 49.

A rear slide bar or dowel clamping member is disposed with the vertical side 5| thereof confronting the vertical side of the rear clamping member 4| and the two bars 4! and 5| are formed with notches or cutouts similar to the notches disclosed in Figure 6.

The stationary bars 21 and 30 are formed with upwardly offset guide means 52 and 53 respectively engaging over the horizontal side 54 of the rear clamping bar 50. An intermediate stationary clamping bar 55 is fixed as at 56 and 51 to the stationary bars 2'! and 36 and is formed with an outer series 58 of notches similar to the notches 38.

A second intermediate clamping bar 59 is fixed between the inner stationary bars 36 and is formed with notches 60 in the vertical side 6| thereof. similar to the notches 38. An intermediate laterally slidable clamping bar 62 is fixed to a pair of longitudinal connecting bars 63 disposed between the bar I9 and the inner stationary bar .30. The connecting bars 63 are also fixed as by welding or the like between the front and rear laterally movable clamping bars 42 and 50 respectively. The intermediate clamping bar 62 is formed with spaced notches 6d similar to the notches 41 and cooperates with the notches 58 in clamping dowels which extend between the front and rear clamping bars of the frame structure.

. g A second intermediate laterally movable clamping bar 65 is fixed between the bars 63, being formed with notches 66, similar to the notches 41 and cooperating with the notches 60 in clamping the intermediate short dowels forming part of the top Wall of the crate.

An upright stationary bar or plate 61 is disposed adjacent the intermediate bar 28 and is carried by an elongated bar 58 which is fixed as at 69 to the side bars or rails I9. The upright member 6'! is designed for use as an abutment to be engaged by an intermediate rail of the top crate so that the short dowels extending between the intermediate rail and the forward rail may be firmly pressed into the forward rail after being initially pre-set into the intermediate rail. It will be understood that the top wall of the crate is formed with an opening positioned between a pair of intermediate rails.

The laterally shiftable dowel clamping frame structure embodying the bars 42, 5G, 62 and B5 is adapted to be shifted laterally or endwise under the action of a pressure operated member '10 which is supported from a supporting bar 1| fixed to the base frame i5. The pressure member ill may be in the form of a hydraulic cylinder having a conventional piston therein or may be an air cylinder with a piston slidable therein. The piston of the power member 76 has extending therefrom a connecting rod I2 which is pivotally connected at its outer end to a lever arm 73 which is fixed to a rock shaft Hi carried by bearings 75 which are fixed to the front legs l6 and rear legs ll of the frame l5. The shaft 1-; has fixed thereto a pair of lever arms 16 extending upwardly and to which the rear end of an extensible pitman or link H is adapted to be connected. The link or pitman T! is pivotally secured at the opposite end thereof to a pivot ill member 18 carried by a depending block 19 which is carried by the inner longitudinal bar 63.

When the doweled top wall T is placed in the frame structure the rear rail is disposed on the upper side of the rear stationary clamping member 4|. The rear edge of the rail 80 is adapted to abut against the bar 24 and in order to dispose the dowels D to the right ends of the notches in the bars 4| and 50 prior to the time that the slide bar 50 is shifted laterally or to the right, I have provided a positioning member generally designated as 8| which is constructed in the form of an angle member having one side 82 thereof formed with a plurality of spaced truncated v-shaped notches 83. The positioning bar 8i is rockably mounted on the rear of the frame and has fixed thereto a pair of L-shaped Supporting arms 84 which are fixed to a horizontally disposed shaft 85 journalled in a pair of bearings 86 carried by the rear fixed angle member 2!.

The shaft 83 has secured thereto a downwardly and readwardly projecting arm 2? with which the upper end 88 of a plunger or piston rod 82: associated with an operating member 65 is adapted to be pivotally engaged. The operator is constructed in the form of a cylinder with a slidable pi ton therein and may be either operated by liquid or air. The operator 93 is rockably secured to a supporting pin 9| which projects inwardly from one of the rear legs H. When the side 82 of the angle member 8| is swung downwe' iy the side s2 will be disposed on the forward side of the movable vertical side 5| of the clamping member ll.

In order to provide for forcibly inserting the dowels D into the rear rail 83 and also a. front rail 9i forming part of the top T, I have provided a slidable pressure means generally designated as S2. The pressure means 92 includes an angle member 93 which is fixed to a pair of outwardly facing channel members 9 engaging between the longitudinal frame members as. The frame members 55 have fixed to the inner side; thereof guide bars as which engage within the channels of the channel members 9 5, as shown in Figure 3.

The vertical side of the angle member J3 has v fixed to the inner side thereof a reinforcing pressure. bar 86 which is adapted to bear against the forward edge of the rail 95 of the top wall T. A bar 5'! is adapted to be fixed to the horizontal side of the angle member 53 in a position whereby the lower side of the rail 9| may rest on the bar 8'5 so that the dowels D will be loosely disposed within the notches of the stationary an; movable clamping bars. The pressure member 92 is adapted to be moved forwardly or rearward 1y by means of an operator 98 constructed in the form of a conventional pressure cylinder with a piston slidable therein and a piston rod pro- .iecting upwardly therefrom.

The operator 98 is secured to a vertically ad justable mounting I89 extending through a lower transverse connecting tubular bar ||H fixed between the rear legs H. The connecting rod 9 engages in a sleeve m which is pivotally secured to a lever arm we carried by a transversely disposed shaft 404. The shaft I04 is roclzahly car-- ri 'l by depending bearings i595 which ext-en downwardly from the end frame members is.

The shaft E6 2 has fixed thereto adjacent he jecting crank arms 35 between which a p 533'?) is pivotally mounted and the pitman pivotally secured to a pivot I01 carried by the channel member 94. There is a pitman I for each of the channel members 94, as shown in Figure 3.

A valve I08 is carried by a depending U -shaped frame I09 which is secured to the angle member 93 and as shown in Figure 3, a pair of spacers I I0 are interposed between the bight of the frame I09 and the angle bar 93. The valve I08 is connected at its upper end to a manifold I I I which is adapted to be connected to a source of pressure supply which may be either air or liquid. The outlet side of the valve I08 is connected by means of a flexible tube I I2 to the operator 90. The valve member I08 has pivotally secured thereto a valve operating lever H3 disposed in depending relation and adapted to engage the valve stem H4 so that rearward and downward rocking of the lever I I3 will move the valve plug of the valve member I08 to open position.

- The lever H3 is adapted to be rocked to valve opening position by means of a U-shaped lever H5 rockably mounted on a shaft H0 carried by the frame I09. The U-shaped member H5 has fixed thereto a forwardly projecting U-shaped member I I1 and the bight of the U-shaped member I I? has fixed thereto a block I I8 which is en'- gageable with a pivoted block H9 carried by the lower end of the lever I I3.

The pivoted block I I 9 is provided so that when the valve operating lever H5 is rocked downwardly and rearwardly the block H8 will only momentarily rock the lever H3 to valve opening position and will then ride past the pivoted block H9. The block H9 is formed with an elongated slot I within which a pin I2I carried by the lower end of the lever I I3 loosely engages. When the operator I I5 rotates about pivot I IE to swing forwardly of the frame and thus upwardly under the action of an elongated weight I22 carried thereby which serves to overbalance the weight of operator I I5 relative to pivot I I5, the block I I8 will rock the lever block H9 upwardly, thereby permitting the block I I8 to be disposed in its in itial operating position in the forward side of block or latch member I I9.

A second valve member I23 is fixed to the U-shaped frame I09, being connected at its intake side to the manifold III and connected on the outlet side thereof by means of a flexible tube I24 to the operator I0. The valve member I23 includes an operating lever I25 having a roller I26 on the lower end thereof which is adapted to be engaged by an adjustable bolt I21 carried by the bight of the U-shaped member III. A third valve member I28 is fixed to the U-shaped member I09, being connected on the intake side thereof to the manifold III and connected by means of a flexible tube I29 to the operator 98. The valve structure I28 includes an operating lever I30 having a roller I3I at its lower end which is adapted to be engaged by an adjustable bolt I32 carried by the U-shaped member H1.

The operation of the valves I08, I23 and I28 is so timed that valve member I08 is the first valve to be moved to open position upon rocking of the lever H5, so that the dowel positioning member 8| will initially and momentarily swing forwardly and downwardly to position the dowels on the right ends of the notches 38 and 41. Further rocking of lever H5 will open valve I23 so that operator I0 will come into operation, moving the notched clamping bars 42, 50, 52 and 05 laterally and to the right to dowel clamping position. Further rearward rocking of lever 6 H5 will cause valve I28 to open, communicating pressure operator 98 so that the presser member 92 will be moved rearwardly. At this time operator I0 will be maintained in communication with the pressure manifold I II so that the dowels will be firmly locked between the stationary and slidable notched clamping bars. Rearward movement of the presser member 92 will push the forward rail 9I toward the forward ends of the dowels D and these dowels will be pushed through the intermediate rails I33 and I34.

The intermediate rail I33 will abut against the stationary bar 01 so that the short dowels will be pressed into the rail SH and may also be pressed completely into the sockets formed for the short dowels in the intermediate rail I33. The longer dowels will be moved through the intermediate rails I33 and I34 and into the sockets of the rear rail 80. I

In the use and operation of this machine, the crate top wall T is pre-assembled by disposing the dowels D through the intermediate rails I33 and I34. Certain ones of the dowels D between the ends of the rails I33 and I34 are short length dowels extending from the opening which is closed in the top wall by a conventional closure.

When the dowels have been manually and initial- 1y mounted in the openings and sockets of the intermediate rails I33 and I34, the incompleted wall structure is mounted on top of the machine with rail I33 resting on stationary angle bar 59 in front of upright member 91. The dowels will be disposed in the notches of the stationary and movable clamping bars and at this time the rails and 9| are disposed on the angle members M and 93, the operator H5 is then pushed rearwardly initially opening valve I08 so that positioning bar BI will be rocked downwardly and forwardly to position the dowels in the right ends of the notches or cutouts 48 of movable clamping bars 42, and the movable'notches of the other movable clamping bars.

The dowels upon lateral movement of the movable notched bars will be clamped in the arcuate end portions 40 and 49 of the movable and stationary clamping bars and at this time additional rearward movement of operator H5 will open valve I28 so as to communicate operator 98 with the source of pressure supply. Operator 98 will then move presser member 92 rearwardly to press the rails 9I and 89 onto the opposite ends of the dowels.

Referring now to Figures 8, 9 and 10 there is disclosed a modified form of crate assembling machine embodying a stationary frame I5a which is similar to the frame I5. The frame I 5a which includes upper longitudinal frame bars I911 has fixed thereto front and rear notched angle bars I35 and I38 respectively. The opposite ends of the rear angle bar I35 are formed with rearwardly extending end members IS'I between which the longitudinal rails 80 or 9| of the top T shown in Figure 2 are adapted to be positioned. The front and rear members I35 and I30 are connected together by outer connecting bars I38 and an intermediate connecting bar I39.

The outer connecting bars I38 are formed at their forward ends with U-shaped guide members I40 and the intermediate connecting member I39 is formed at its forward end with a U-shaped guide member I4I. Front and rear laterally slidable angle members I42 and I43 are disposed with their vertical sides in confronting position to the vertical sides of the stationary angle members I35 and I36 respectively. The slidable angle members I42 and I43 are connected together by connecting bars I44 which are disposed inwardly from the frame bars Ida. An intermediate stationary angle bar I45 is fixed to the longitudinal connecting bars I38 and I39 and an intermediate slidable angle member I46 is disposed in confronting position to the angle member M and is fixed tothe connecting bars I M.

The angle members itE, 535, i l-2, 553, i 55 and it'd are notched in their vertical. sides in the same manner as the angle members 33 and 3 3, as shown in Figure 6. An inverted stationary channel bar It! is secured to a rear fixed angle bar Hi8, being disposed forwardly of the rear angle bar his and secured thereto by means of a pair of bolts M9. The channel member Ml has rising upwardly from the middle position thereof an up ht 'ubular bar i'iili formed with a forwardly picjecting arm I54. The arm Ilii is adapted to engage over the upper one of either of the longitudinal rails of the top T so that the assembled top will be held in upright position in order that the sides or ends of the crate may be formed with the top.

A longitudinally movable slide member generally designated as 552 is carried by the frame I566 at the top thereof and includes a front angle member 53 having'fixed thereto a bar I 54. The angle member W3 is fixed to a pair of U -shaped slide members I55 which slidably engage guide bars I56 carried by the inner sides of the angle members Iea. The angle member I53 has fixed to the rear side thereof a pair of oppositely extending elongated flat springs I5? which form adjustable supports for the front rail of either the side or end of the crate which is engaged with the angle member I53.

The rear stationary angle member I35 has fixed thereto a spacer bar I58 engaging the upper side of the angle member I35 so that the lower rail of the crate top wall will be disposed in a position whereby the dowels of either the side or end will properly align with the sockets formed in the rail positioned on the bar I58. The forward stationary angle member I35 is formed with a forwardly projecting end member I59 designed to hold the forward bar or rail against endwise movement. The opposite ends of the bar I54 are provided with a pair of rearwardly projecting positioning pins I63 which are engageable in corresponding dowel sockets of elongated rails or bars which rest on the springs l5'l. The provision of the springs I5? is such that the rail engaging thereon may be pressed downwardly by the operator of the machine so that the sockets in such rail will align with the dowels in the notched clamping frame bars and so that the rail engaged with the springs I5! may be pressed onto the forward ends of the dowels.

A pair of valve members I5! and I52 are socured to a U-shaped frame I53 which is fixed to the angle member I53 and valve member It! is connected by means of a tubular connecting member I5 3 to an operator I00, similar in every detail to operator Hi. The operator a is adapted to shift the slidable clamping bars laterally to clamp the dowels in the notches of the slidable clamping bars and the stationary clamp-- ing bars.

Valve I62 is connected by means of a tube I55 to an operator 98a similar to operator 98 and connected through connecting rod 99a to a lever arm Iota carried by shaft Illa. Shaft lfi ia has secured thereto pairs of upwardly and forwardly projecting lever arms I05b which are connected to the slicable channel members I by means pitnians The valve members IBI and are progressively moved to open position by s of a depending valve operating lever I65 on has a transverse bar I551 through which ad ustable bolts Hi3 and IE9 are mounted.

The bolt E68 is adapted to engage the lever IL'Ei of valve Iiil and bolt I59 is adapted to engage the lever IiI of valve IE2. When the operator ilili is rocked downwardly and rearwardly valve member Ilii i initially moved to open position and held in such open position during the time that valve member IE2 is moved to open position.

The operation of the device disclosed in Figures 9, 10, and ll is substantially identical to that of the previously discussed modification in that the valve operator I66 serves, first, by virtue of the successive engagement of levers I10 and ll-I by their associated bolts to energize fluid actuated operator "Ilia to clamp the dowels in the notches of the slidable clamping bars and the stationary clamping bars, and then to actuate operator 98a to insert the dowels in the frame.

With a machine as hereinbefore described, the positioning of the outer rails on the ends of the dowels is accomplished in a single operation and can be accomplished more quickly than has been heretofore done by a manual assembly.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

A crate assembling machine for securing in one operation a plurality of parallel dowels in sockets formed in rails, said machine comprising a frame, notched dowel supporting means carried by said frame, notched dowel clamping means carried by said frame for clamping the dowels in the notches of said dowel supporting means, a dowel positioning bar roekably carried by said frame and formed with notches for disposing the dowels at one end of the notches of said dowel supporting means, an operator for said positioning bar,a second operator for said dowel clamping means, a fixed rail supporting member, a slidable rail supporting member, a third operator for said slidable rail supporting member, and regulating means connected to said operators so constructed and arranged that each of said opcraters will be rendered effective in sequence.

2. A coop assembling machine for securing in one operation a plurality of parallel dowels in sockets formed in rails, said machine comprising a frame, notched dowel supporting means carried by said frame, notched dowel clamping means carried by said frame for clamping the dowels in the notches of said dowel supporting means, a dowel positioning bar rockably carried by said frame and formed with V-sh'aped notches for disposing the dowels at one end of the notches of said dowel supporting means, an operator for said positioning bar, a second operator for said dowel clamping means, a fixed rail support ing member, a slidable rail supporting member, a third operator for said slidable rail supporting member, and regulating means connected to said operators so constructed and arranged that each of said operators will be rendered effective in sequence, said regulating means comprising a U-shaped switch, a plurality of projecting members on the inner surface thereof of different lengths, and a plurality of valves adjacent said members, one of said valves being operatively connected with each of said operators.

3. A coop assembling machine for securing in one operation a plurality of parallel dowels in sockets formed in rails, said machine comprising a frame, notched dowel supporting means carried by said frame, notched dowel clamping means carried by said frame for clamping the dowels in the notches of said dowel supporting means, a dowel positioning bar rockably carried by said frame and formed with notches for disposing the dowels at one end of the notches of said dowel supporting means, a hydraulic operator for said positioning bar, a second bydraulic operator for said dowel clamping means, a fixed rail supporting member, a slidable rail supporting member, a third hydraulic operator for said slidable rail supporting member, and regulating means including a valve for each operator connected to said operators so constructed and arranged that each of said operators will be rendered effective in sequence.

4. A coop assembling machine for securing in one operation a plurality of parallel dowels in sockets formed in rails, said machine comprising a frame, notched dowel supporting means carried by said frame, notched dowel clamping means carried by said frame for clamping the dowels in the notches of said dowel supporting means, a dowel positioning bar rockably carried by said frame and formed with notches for disposing the dowels at one end of the notches of said dowel supporting means, a hydraulic operator for said positioning bar, a second hydraulic operator for said dowel clamping means, a fixed rail supporting member, a slidable rail supporting member, a, third hydraulic operator for said slidable rail supporting member, and regulating means including a valve for each operator connected to said operators so constructed and arranged that each of said operators will be rendered effective in sequence, said regulating means comprising an operating lever having a plurality of contact members thereon positioned adjacent said valves whereby said valves are progressively engaged by said contact members.

5. A coop assembling machine for securing in one operation a plurality of parallel dowels in sockets formed in rails, said machine comprising a frame, notched dowel supporting means carried by said frame, notched dowel clamping means carried by said frame for clamping the dowels in the notches of said dowel supporting means, a hydraulic operator for said dowel clamping means, a fixed rail supporting member, a slidable rail supporting member, a second hydraulic operator for said slidable rail supporting means and regulating means connected to said operators so constructed and arranged that each of said operators will be rendered effective sequentially.

6. A coop assembling machine for securing in one operation a plurality of parallel dowels in sockets formed in rails, said machine comprising a frame, notched dowel supporting means carried by said frame, notched dowel clamping means carried by said frame for clamping the dowels in the notches of said dowel supporting means, a dowel positioning bar rockably carried by said frame and formed with V-shaped notches for disposing the dowels at one end of the notches of said dowel supporting means, an operator for said positioning bar, a second operator for said dowel clamping means, a fixed rail supporting member, a, slidable rail supporting member, a

third operator for said slidable rail supporting member, and regulating means connected to said operators so constructed and arranged that each of said operators will be rendered effective in sequence, and means for retaining said first and second operators in actuated position during the actuation of said third operator.

OSE F. CARPENTER.

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